Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?”

King James Version

And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

Holman Bible

He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

International Standard Version

returned to his brothers, and shouted, "He's not there! Now what? Where am I to go?"

A Conservative Version

and he returned to his brothers, and said, The child is not, and I, where shall I go?

American Standard Version

And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

Amplified

He rejoined his brothers and said, “The boy is not there; as for me, where shall I go [to hide from my father]?”

Bible in Basic English

He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?

Darby Translation

and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?

Julia Smith Translation

And he will turn back to his brethren, and he will say, The child is not: and I, where shall I go?

King James 2000

And he returned unto his brothers, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he returned to his brothers and said, "The boy {is gone}! Now I, {what can I do}?"

Modern King James verseion

And he returned to his brothers and said, The child, he is not. And I, where shall I go?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and went again unto his brethren, saying, "The lad is not yonder, and whither shall I go?"

NET Bible

returned to his brothers, and said, "The boy isn't there! And I, where can I go?"

New Heart English Bible

He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?"

The Emphasized Bible

and returned unto his brethren, and said, - The, lad, is not! And, I, oh where can I, go?

Webster

And he returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not: and I, whither shall I go?

World English Bible

He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?"

Youngs Literal Translation

and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, 'The lad is not, and I -- whither am I going?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he returned
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

and said

Usage: 0

The child
ילד 
Yeled 
Usage: 89

is not and I, whither
אנה אן 
'an 
Usage: 40

References

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Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Joseph Sold Into Slavery

29 Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his garments. 30 He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?” 31 So they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;



Cross References

Genesis 42:13

But they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive.”

Genesis 42:32

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.’

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus says the Lord,
A voice is heard in Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because they are no more.”

Genesis 37:20

Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, ‘A wild beast devoured him.’ Then let us see what will become of his dreams!”

Genesis 42:35-36

Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.

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